Productive little trip

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Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 08 7:32 pm Post subject: Productive little trip
Family is away visiting the in laws so I took myself off for a bit of rock fishing for mackerel. Got the shock of my life when I caught a 2.5lb pollack! Wasn't really prepared for it so a bit of a fight followed by a scramble down to the waters edge to pluck it from the sea - result! Got a nice little mackerel for tonight's supper as well, pics later.

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
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Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun Jul 13, 08 8:37 pm Post subject:
Wonder how Richard's getting on?

gil
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 08 9:18 pm Post subject:
Nice work

Jonnyboy

Joined: 29 Oct 2004
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Posted: Sun Jul 13, 08 9:25 pm Post subject:
Thanks, got two great fillets from the pollack, never tried it before but it looks like it would stand up to a nice beer batter - good meaty fillets wonder if a bit of salting would help? Pics aren't great sorry, camera has gone off with tribe jonnyboy, so I only have one from the phone.

Barefoot Andrew
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Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 7:48 am Post subject: Re: Productive little trip

Jonnyboy wrote:

Got the shock of my life when I caught a 2.5lb pollack!

Excellent. We're all coming to tea.
A.

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 8:12 am Post subject:

Cathryn wrote:

Wonder how Richard's getting on?

Not had time to do any more.

Richard

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 10:20 am Post subject:
where there is one there will be more they are pack animals pollack are ok bbq is good .lime sauce covers the dryness of the meat some can be quite large as small fish go but come in as deadwieght on medium tackle will take feathers /lask / fish but are very prone to ragworm or even a rubber worm a bit heavey for light makerel tackle

VSS

Joined: 14 Jan 2007
Posts: 2845
Location: Llyn Peninsula, North Wales

Posted: Mon Jul 14, 08 10:28 am Post subject:
pollack is good, if perhaps a little coarse. coley is better, but not so plentiful. both these are much underated.

Sidoni

Joined: 30 May 2008
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Location: Tip of Cornwall

Posted: Thu Jul 17, 08 1:49 pm Post subject:
Well done Johnnyboy, both species plentiful and delicious. I go fishing about once a week at least and I'd probably fish more except that each session is so bountyful that I wouldn't be able to eat more--I hate waste. I really ought to bring cold beer with me next time just to look quintessential and contemplative and escape the wife of course.

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